Fast-wave current drive in a toroidal plasma.
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Fast-wave current drive is demonstrated in Hw Princeton ACT -I toroidal device. The fast Alfven wave, in the range of high ion-cyclotron harmonics, produced 40 A of current from 1 kW of rf power coupled into a plasma hy a fast-wave locp antenna. This wave excites a steady current by damping on the energetic tail of the electron distribution function in the same way as lower-hybrid current drive, except that fast-wave current drive is appropriate for higher plasma densities.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 55 16 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985